ELIXIR FOODS LIMITED
Company number 08578438 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Elixir Foods Limited is a micro-scale food services operator in a critically distressed financial position, carrying net liabilities of £551k and an accumulated P&L deficit approaching £4.9m—far below industry norms where even small operators typically maintain positive net assets. The company's continued existence depends entirely on shareholder loan forbearance of £606k, with no evidence of the trading recovery that characterises successful post-pandemic operators in the sector. While some commercial activity is indicated by growing trade debtors and creditors, the business lacks the scale, capital structure, and working capital resilience to compete effectively in the challenging UK food services landscape.
Shareholders' funds
-£4,847,219
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2013-06-20
- Employees
- 1 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 52 Huntly Grove, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, PE1 2QN
- Postcode
- PE1 2QN
- Capital
- 326 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-20
- Next due by
- 2027-07-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 56290 Other food services
Officers 2 current · 13 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
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BELOVED DATES LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ENSCO 410 LIMITED | 2013-07-23 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 27-29 LUMLEY AVENUE SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE, PE25 2AT, ENGLAND | 2020-05-19 |
| ONE ST. PETERS SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 3DE, ENGLAND | 2020-04-06 |
| ONE ELEVEN EDMUND STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B3 2HJ, ENGLAND | 2017-10-23 |
| ONE ELEVEN EDMUND STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B2 3HJ | 2016-09-26 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 172 similar companies in PE, trading since 2013
Competitors Peterborough
This company ranks 126 among other food services in Peterborough.
The class of 2013
17%
of the 2,380 companies in this sector incorporated in 2013 are still active today; 80% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.